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These Microscopic Metal Sponges Might Fight CO2

Arsenij Percov — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 18:45:58 +0000

Researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute (Swansea University) found a new useful way of using defects in the realm of the nanoporous material. They are investigating how the properties of metal-organic framework (a class of materials resembling microscopic sponges) can be adjusted by taking advantage of their defects to make them better at capturing […]

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Coal Emissions Soaked up by CO2 Sponge

Leigh Hutchens — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:09:38 +0000

Coal power station emissions might be drastically reduced by a new material that adsorbs huge amounts of carbon dioxide and releases it when exposed to sunlight. In February, the journal Angewandte Chemie, published a study by Monash University and CSIRO scientists. The study examines the researchers’ discovery of a photosensitive metal organic framework (MOF). These […]

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Toxins Removed from Water by New Metal-Organic Framework

Leigh Hutchens — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:30:44 +0000

A new Metal Organic Framework (MOF) may have the ability to filter environmental toxins out of water, thanks to a team of scientists at Monash University at CSIRO who developed it. MOFs are comprised of clusters of atoms that are connected by organic molecules. MOFs have identically sized pores, making it very easy to capture and […]

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NOTT-202 Reduces Carbon Emissions by Absorbing Them

Mike Sandru — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:18:51 +0000

The best way to fight carbon emissions is, of course, not to produce them in the first place; but if you can’t help generating some, what do you do? The answer comes from UK researchers: you “cage” them! The NOTT-202 is a metal-organic framework initially intended for gas storage applications (like hydrogen), but which could […]

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DNA-Like Metal Organic Frameworks to Store Carbon Dioxide Efficiently

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:21:02 +0000

UCLA scientists, led by professor Omar M. Yaghi have created three-dimensional, synthetic DNA-like crystals which are capable of storing carbon dioxide: We have taken organic and inorganic units and combined them into a synthetic crystal which codes information in a DNA-like manner.

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New Metal-Organic Substance Giving Better Hydrogen Tanks

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:42:01 +0000

UK researchers from the University of Nottingham and General Motors from Warren, Michigan, have invented a hydrogen tank material that could replace the current heavy and inefficient pressurized tubes used in today's hydrogen-powered cars.

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